NAME

       puppet-resource_type - View classes, defined resource types, and nodes from all manifests.

SYNOPSIS

       puppet resource_type action [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]

DESCRIPTION

       This  subcommand  reads  information  about  the resource collections (classes, nodes, and
       defined types) available in Puppet´s site manifest and modules.

       It will eventually be extended to examine native resource types.

OPTIONS

       Note that any configuration parameter that´s valid in the configuration  file  is  also  a
       valid  long  argument,  although  it may or may not be relevant to the present action. For
       example, server and run_mode are  valid  configuration  parameters,  so  you  can  specify
       --server <servername>, or --run_mode <runmode> as an argument.

       See           the           configuration          file          documentation          at
       http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/configuration.html  for  the  full  list   of
       acceptable parameters. A commented list of all configuration options can also be generated
       by running puppet with --genconfig.

       --render-as FORMAT
              The format in which to render output. The most common formats are json, s (string),
              yaml, and console, but other options such as dot are sometimes available.

       --verbose
              Whether to log verbosely.

       --debug
              Whether to log debug information.

       --extra HASH
              A  terminus can take additional arguments to refine the operation, which are passed
              as an arbitrary hash to the back-end. Anything passed as the extra  value  is  just
              send direct to the back-end.

       --terminus TERMINUS
              Indirector  faces expose indirected subsystems of Puppet. These subsystems are each
              able to retrieve and alter a specific type of data (with the  familiar  actions  of
              find, search, save, and destroy) from an arbitrary number of pluggable backends. In
              Puppet parlance, these backends are called terminuses.

              Almost all indirected subsystems have a  rest  terminus  that  interacts  with  the
              puppet  master´s  data.  Most  of them have additional terminuses for various local
              data models, which are in turn used by  the  indirected  subsystem  on  the  puppet
              master whenever it receives a remote request.

              The  terminus  for an action is often determined by context, but occasionally needs
              to be set explicitly. See the "Notes" section  of  this  face´s  manpage  for  more
              details.

ACTIONS

       destroy - Invalid for this subcommand.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet resource_type destroy [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] key

              DESCRIPTION

              Invalid for this subcommand.

       find - Retrieve info about a resource collection.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet resource_type find [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] collection_name

              DESCRIPTION

              Retrieve info about a resource collection.

              RETURNS

              A  hash  of  info  about the requested resource collection. When used from the Ruby
              API: returns a Puppet::Resource::Type object.

              RENDERING ISSUES: yaml  and  string  output  for  this  indirection  are  currently
              unusable; use json instead.

              NOTES

              If  two  resource  collections share the same name (e.g. you have both a node and a
              class named "default"), find will only return one  of  them.  This  can  be  worked
              around by using search instead.

       info - Print the default terminus class for this face.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet resource_type info [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]

              DESCRIPTION

              Prints  the  default  terminus  class  for this subcommand. Note that different run
              modes may have different default termini; when in doubt, specify the run mode  with
              the ´--run_mode´ option.

       save - Invalid for this subcommand.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet resource_type save [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] key

              DESCRIPTION

              Invalid for this subcommand.

       search - Search for collections matching a regular expression.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet resource_type search [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] regular_expression

              DESCRIPTION

              Search for collections matching a regular expression.

              RETURNS

              An  array  of  hashes  of  resource  collection  info. When used from the Ruby API:
              returns an array of Puppet::Resource::Type objects.

              RENDERING ISSUES: yaml  and  string  output  for  this  indirection  are  currently
              unusable; use json instead.

EXAMPLES

       find

       Retrieve info about a specific locally-defined class:

       $ puppet resource_type find ntp::disabled

       Retrieve info from the puppet master about a specific class:

       $ puppet resource_type find ntp --terminus rest

       search

       Retrieve all classes, nodes, and defined types:

       $ puppet resource_type search ´.*´

       Search for classes related to Nagios:

       $ puppet resource_type search nagios

NOTES

       The  find  and  search  actions  return  similar hashes of resource collection info. These
       hashes will include the following four keys:

       •   file (a string)

       •   name (a string)

       •   type (hostclass, definition, or node)

       •   line (an integer)

       They may optionally include the following keys:

       •   parent (name_of_resource_collection)

       •   arguments (a hash of parameters and default values)

       •   doc (a string)

       This subcommand is an indirector face, which  exposes  find,  search,  save,  and  destroy
       actions for an indirected subsystem of Puppet. Valid termini for this face include:

       •   parser

       •   rest

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING